The GW Business Plan Competition and the George Washington Entrepreneurs Roundtable (GWERT) awards ceremony, two previously independent events, have teamed up with departments across the university, including CFEE, to produce a two-day symposium on April 15-16, 2010, designed to foster and highlight the creative, innovative, and pioneering efforts of entrepreneurs in the GW community. As a university sponsor of the event, CFEE re-emphasizes its committment to support activities that make significant contributions to the fields of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Leadership. CFEE Co-Directors Dr. Erik Winslow and Dr. George Solomon participated in the opening ceremony and GWSB CFEE Entrepreneur in Residence Kathy Korman Frey served as moderator for the GWSB Panel on Entrepreneurship. Panelists for the event included Matt Jacobson, Partner, LaunchBox Digital; Edward Barrientos, GWSB MBA '90, CEO, Brazen Careerist; Peter Corbett, CEO, iStrategyLabs; Renee Lewis, SEAS MS '90, founder, the Pensare Group; and Terry Collins, SEAS DSc '76, chairman and CEO, Argon ST. Founder and CEO of Rand Construction Company Linda Rabbitt, GSEHD MA '72 was awarded the Distinguished Entrepreneurial Achievement Award by University President Steven Knapp.
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Summit Participants listen to the Panel Discussions
Dr. Erik Winslow, CFEE Co-Director, speaks during the Panel Discussions
Panelists discuss Product vs Service Entrepreneurship
1st Year Living & Learning Cohorts Program
The TURBO BOOST Entrepreneurship Workshops’ main goal is to provide education and support for GW First Year students who are early stage entrepreneurs as LLC members through a series of workshops. The workshops will assist students interested in developing a business proposition for their LLC and improve on their entrepreneurial skills. They will also help develop robust business models and attractive business plans for professional investors and/or budget holders within a larger organization. By the end of the workshops, each participant will be equipped with new knowledge and skills to help them with their entrepreneurial venture.
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Women Entrepreneurial Leadership
Initiative
(The National Speciality Program Award)
The GWU Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative introduces the process
of entrepreneurial thinking as an invaluable asset to any career. The
courses offer students the opportunity to draw from their field of study
or personal passion to generate, plan and launch ideas that make a difference
to self, others, or the world.
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National Survey of Entrepreneurship Education (National Acclaim)
The National Survey of Entrepreneurship Education conducted by GW is one
of the most comprehensive empirical analyses on entrepreneurship education
in the United Stated to date.
Its objective is to stimulate interest in the educational community to provide new and innovative entrepreneurial curriculum. Also, the survey’s objective is to encourage educational organizations to expand their current activities at both the secondary and post secondary levels. Finally the survey provides a data base so that individuals can use the results of the survey as a reference guide to regard entrepreneurship education programs and to develop new curriculum in small business and entrepreneurship.
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The George Washington University DECA Initiative
The main objective of the GWU DECA initiative is to disseminate information
on Entrepreneurship Education to DECA participants. DECA is a national
association of marketing education students. It provides teachers and
members with educational and leadership development activities to merge
with the education classroom instructional program. DECA is not extracurricular;
it is an integral part of the classroom instructional program. DECA chapters
attract students who are interested in preparing for entrepreneurial,
marketing or management careers.
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3E-Learning Project
The 3E-Learning site is designed to develop a national and international
community of educators, practitioners and researchers that collaborate
through submitting entrepreneurial experiential ideas, creating tools
that support propagating of new knowledge, skills, and experience in the
entrepreneurship education. The 3E-Learning site is also designed to allow
the community to monitor and establish a quality stamp for entrepreneurial
experiential exercises that can be used by educators in the US and abroad.
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The Hot Mommas™ (Winner of a 2006 Coleman Foundation Case Writing
Award)
The Hot Mommas™ Project produces research, curricula, and
training/services for educators who influence current and future dynamic
women leaders. The project focuses on real life scenarios and solutions
that are accessible to undergraduate, graduate, alumnae, and corporate
communities.
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The GW Hoffman Lectures
In the spirit of interfaculty collaboration and private sector participation,
CFEE, through the Hoffman lecture series, brings together faculty, students,
business leaders and members of the wider community for discussion of
a variety of entrepreneurship issues. The series encourages philosophical
reflection and practical experiences on problems and opportunities on
entrepreneurship.
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Springboard Enterprises
A non profit organization that resides on The George Washington Mount Vernon Campus, Springboard produces programs that educate, showcase and support women entrepreneurs leading technology and lifesciences companies as they seek equity capital and grow their companies. Springboard supports CFEE's Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership initiative and other entrepreneurial programs via alliances, partnerships and direct programming. Our Venture Forum series, web-based Learning Center and regional Workshops and Seminars, service a wide audience of women leading emerging growth businesses.
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